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St. Ignace Events Committee6 Spring Street Suite 100

St. Ignace, MI 49781

Please help us bring more and more

visitors to St. Ignace this year

Please help us bring more and more

visitors to St. Ignace this year643-8717 www.saintignace.org 643-6950 www.stignace.com

St. Ignace Events Committee6 Spring Street Suite 100St. Ignace, MI 49781

St. Ignace is the special events capital of the Straits Area.

Spring, 2011

As a member of our community, you know St. Ignace is the premier city in tregion when it comes to organizing and hosting special events. Every yearSt. Ignaces reputation grows for creating and developing special events that drawvisitors from far and wide to our unique and truly historic home overlooking theStraits and Mackinac Island.

Were excited about landing an incredible new event for 2012. The World Icand Snow Sailing Championship is coming to St. Ignace right after the LabattBlue UP Pond Hockey Championship in February! Weve also added Fab Friday tthe 2011 summer schedule. See inside for details about both new events.

We all recognize what this means to the economy of St. Ignace. Because oyou, the St. Ignace Events Committee has brought tens of thousands of new visito

to our area.Hundreds of volunteers help make these events a reality and it takessignificant funding resourcesto host them. Thats why we ask for your suppoONLY ONCE each year to ensure these events grow and get even better.

Wont you please consider a donation to keep our momentum going? Woulyou consider increasing your support this year? If you havent given in the past, wyou give us a boost by joining the St. Ignace Events support team? We need yourhelp!

Weve included a Response Form which indicates the various levels ofsponsorship. Of course, we appreciate any size donation. Just cut on the dotted linand send the form back to the St. Ignace Events Committee. Lets go St. Ignace!

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The St. Ignace Events Committee

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Arts & Crafts DocksideOn the waterfront downtown on Labor Day Weekend. The best of Straitsarea crafts and artists.

Bayside Farmer's MarketEvery summer Saturday through September. Great local produce anda lot more!

Bayside Music FestivalThe best music festival in the Straits Area! Food, fun, and music onAugust 6

Bayside Live! ThursdaysLive music from across Michigan, July through Labor Day

Fireworks over the BayOur signature summer spectacular! July 4th and every Saturday nightthrough Labor Day

Historic Walking Tours (Tuesday & Friday)Visitors enjoy a narrated stroll through St. Ignaces remarkable history

Labatt Blue U.P. Pond Hockey Championship160 teams at the second largest hockey tournament in NorthAmerica February 17-19

Live at the Pavillion Beer and Wine TastingRefreshing fun on Tuesdays, July and August

Locals on the BayLocal bands and musical artists, Wednesdays July through August

Movies by the BayOutdoor theater fun along the bay, every Sunday from July 3 toSeptember 4

Rendezvous at the Straits PowwowFrench Voyageur Reenactment and Regional Powwow August 27-28

St. Ignace Fish Feast

Known as the King of Great Lakes Fish Fry July 23

U.P. Ice Chip Golf ScrambleMid-winter tournament for pent-up golfing passions

U.P. Snow Softball TournamentTeams gather for mid-winter fun on an icy diamond! February 11-12

U.P. Youth Pond Hockey ChampionshipA great tournament for young players and their families February 25-26

2012 World Ice and Snow Sailing ChampionshipThe 2012 World Ice and Snow Sailing Championship will be heldin St. Ignace February 20-26. It will be only the fourth time sincethis event began in 1980 that it will be held in the United States;past championships have been held in Finland, Russia,Estonia, Quebec, Ontario, and other places.

Fab FridayThis fun-filled evening will have something for everyone! As youstroll along the streets in downtown St. Ignace, youll see a varietyof activities and participatory events. You may find a storyteller onone corner, a musician on another, or someone making jewelry.

Youll discover a children's game, a display of wild animal tracks, anartist working on their next masterpiece, or a guided historicwalking tour. Well also have Karaoke, ice cream, and popcorn!This is a new and exciting event for St. Ignace! Fab Friday willbegin July 1 and continue through September 2.

The St. Ignace Events Committee is a collaborative organizationmade up of volunteers from the St. Ignace Chamber ofCommerce, The St. Ignace Visitors Bureau, the Downtown

Development Authority, and other organizations and businesses.It includes many individuals from throughout the area who share the mission of makingSt. Ignace one of the great visitor destinations in the Upper Great Lakes.

If you have questions about our sponsorship programs or any of the grecoming this year, please call us at 643-8717 or 643-6950.

Please help us bring more and more visitors to St. Ignace this year by filthis form and sending it to the Events Committee! You can pay with a check oorder. Send to: St. Ignace Events Committee, 6 Spring Street, St. Ignace, MI 49781.

Sponsorship Levels: Check One (1):

J $1,000 25 All Events Sponsor WristbandsJ $500 10 All Events Sponsor Wristbands

J $250 5 All Events Sponsor Wristbands

J $100 1 All Events Sponsor Wristband

J Other

All Events Wristbands allow the bearer of the wristband free admittance to all Events Comsponsored events!

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